A veteran truck driver from Texas claims he was fired for repeatedly putting down 'Jesus' as his co-pilot in his logbooks.

Last month, Ramiro Olivarez, of Rio Grande Valley, received a letter of termination from his employer, the Falfurrias-based On Point Services, accusing him of submitting incomplete documentation and falsifying legal documents.

But according to Olivarez, who is a devout Christian, his only crime was putting down the name 'Jesus' as his co-driver in his daily logbooks - something he has been doing throughout his career.

Jesus, don't take the wheel: Veteran truck driver Ramiro Olivarez claims he was fired for repeatedly putting down 'Jesus' as his co-pilot in his logbooks

Nuclear option: Olivarez said had his employers asked him to stop using the name of the Son of God, he would have complied, but they chose to terminate him

The law requires truck drivers to sign their logbooks, but the name of a co-pilot can be written in, or left blank.

Olivarez’s pink slip stated that the driver broke federal and state laws by using the name ‘Jesus.’

‘Jesus is my co-driver, and I have no shame in that,’ he told the station KRGV. ‘That's my belief that he's with me.’